Men in History

Arthur Atherley, born on 12 June 1772 was an English Member of Parliament, serving the Southampton constituency three times, as Whig, Liberal and Reformer. Atherley was born in Southampton, and was the son of Arthur Atherley and Susanna Carter. He was educated at Eton College where, in 1791, he had his portrait painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence. At Eton, he was captain of the Ad Montem club, an institution with roots to medieval times that survived until 1847. After finishing his education at Eton, he then went to Trinity College, in Cambridge, where he was admitted a pensioner on 6 May 1790, then entering at Michaelmas, 1791, following which he was enrolled to Lincoln's Inn. On 2 June 1793, he married Lady Louisa Kerr, the daughter of William Kerr, 5th Marquess of Lothian; they had eight children. Atherley was four times elected to represent Southampton as member of parliament and was one of the original members of the Fox Club. He was also a member of the family banking business. He retired from politics in 1835. He later moved to Sussex, where he served as a justice of the peace, and he died at Tower House, Brighton, in 1844, but his body was returned to Southampton and buried in All Saints' Church


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